Books by Daniel Akst and Complete Book Reviews

Daniel Akst, Author . Putnam/BlueHen $24.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-399-14812-5
A molestation incident in the day-care facility of a small town sends the community spinning out of control in Akst's complex, thought-provoking follow-up to his raucous, over-the-top debut, St. Burl's Obituary. Akst narrates the story...
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Daniel Akst, Author Mariner Books $12 (384p) ISBN 978-0-15-600514-2
PW gave a starred review to this comic story of an erudite epicure on a desperate diet. (Apr.)
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Daniel Akst, Author Scribner Book Company $19.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-684-18988-8
A hyperactive child, compulsive teenage achiever and adult charmer, Barry Minkow at age 21 in 1987 controlled a $100-million, California-based carpet-cleaning and building-restoration business. A media darling well connected on Wall Street, he was...
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Daniel Akst, Author MacAdam/Cage Publishing $22.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-878448-68-2
Transcending both the usual boundaries of the genre and the standard flaws of first novels, Akst's comic debut begins as a thriller about a journalist who witnesses a mob killing, then slowly evolves into an exploration of identity as experienced by
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Daniel Akst. Melville House, $28.99 (384p) ISBN 978-1-61219-924-5
Journalist Akst (Temptation) focuses this deeply researched and wide-ranging study on the WWII-era pacifist movement. Framing resistance to war as a form of fighting itself, Akst spotlights four prominent pacifists—seminary student David Dellinger,...
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